Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-12-20

COURAGEOUS kxrcurfyE
Gov. Botssl DIED ThSrsisy moTniug.
Dee is;h. a; his ho-e 10 Haii0s,ll. from
q complication q preumouia ard heart
troabie. lie hai ben an little over .
wesk. BAT thoaghi his coalition ws- i'm
proving. auf TIE rvport hsi 80 gone oct q
The puhiic ilis sudden death was a shock
10 tie people % he Stat. Abd morv par
uculariy 90 thoss ~ho were ln intimaie ~.
nciN. cus,ress or social relations With
hin
TIE story % Gov. Boiwsig. ne 4. that
ola poor boy, without etucaiionsl sdvsn.
i,ges, who. ~ earnest. honest. consclsn-
iioa. intustry. aiecd ~ he native tslsut
FOR business. has secured fur himself for
ture sud TIE respect. honor sDd gratitude
% his fsiiosmsu. lie vss horn IN Inst
part OF Msthasn. Mass. nov called Law
renee. In ISIS. AM va consequently -
The tine q M. death 90 years 70 age. A.
ths az OF eight he WAS tsrosa uPua his
Oun rcscurCss through Bis father, uisf0r.
tanss. fron that time uniii D. Sss tssn.
". his NE vss that % farm lAhorer. ard
shosmsksr. with . little opportunity flr
schooling. In is1s. In conoectio1 With
hisfsiher. Ne parchss-,i arm IN Mstha n,
sni sldei 10 10. cuiiiVsil)a ustil his fab.
er'. death In isss.
n was while upon this Meihasn farm
that Mr. Bowel took TIE 4 - st-pi To
that special line % basinrs- In whlch Ne
Ass bssu - prominsnt sui hss dom -
muca o. cevs'O2 he rss5afc~s q Nsire
When TIE water plx,r A. LssrUce wss
developed. n wss employed hsuling gran
IL for The consiructiOn % a dam. and thus
- - - 49,. -.
ei 10 QlNryiag ard wofsing Granite. 10
is5s 10 eompsny with Hon. Moses Web
stsr. be comm-nc.d - WORK The granite
qaufie- OF Fox Island a. the month OF Pc
nObscOi Bay. lie begun with ore yoke %
oren which be drove and shOd himself;
but The business grew 20 such dimensions
that . company % capitalists ~as fornrd.
called The BOfsell Granite Company. sni
n. wss nate president OF the company.
10 iscs Mr. bois.u moved 90 II s,ioven.
and In islO organized the Hal0vsl Gran
IL Company. whose monumsuial work In
s'Hsllossll white grsnitr. has been ssut
81 over The Union. lie never lost bis
s.rly intsfsst In agriculture. sDd suecess-
fully eulflvsted large farm In Hallossl
Mr.. Bodwelrs Business veutares we're
not eOufnst % granite and agriculture
Hls ability % project AMI execute large en-
tsrprlse- vss r-mukshie. ard he Vas en-.
gA;sd In m,ny sub. VIII al hi. sec -s.s.
he never forgot Dis early struggles, sud b.
had q really sympathy FOR al TIE rC tdy
and struggling. LSoOrlng neu every
where hsd full share OF fls Interest. and
are largely Indebted 20 hin for earnest e.
forts In their hrhslf Tie ws generous
friend OF sdacstion. ant many educational
and literary institutions rsIJice In the re-
suits OF his bsn~fcercs.
Mr.. Bodw.lrs private NE WAS without
rsprosch. lie Was Known smopg bis
nsighbofs asa thoroughly clean. upright.
and consultations man. strictly temperate.
and OF ~ fsgging energy In business.
Previous % his election Mr BOdwsll hsd
twice represented Hsllovsll 10 The L-gis.
la,nrr. had ben mayor % the city tso
years. and In issO aai 1854 wss delegate
a. large % The ustionsl R~poolicsn cot
vention. In The Republican State eOven-
tlon be vss nominsted for Governor ~
large vote. and wss elected BY about IL. 600
plurality AZ Governor biz career hiss
BEEN characterized BY the same conscisn-
tIousness. simplicity and ensrgy which
have bsen displayed In bis business rels-
tons al through bis basy life. Ills public
letters and messages have been models Of
perspicuity AMI dlrectness. No glittering
generality Of . doabifal or smolgaous
meaning found any place 10 them As
executive. bis sfSrts 10 secure the
thorough and impartial enforcement Of all
The laws. and particularly the prohioitory
isw, have commsnded the respect. n no;
the admiration. even Of bis political enc
mica
TIE people Of the State sincerely mourn
he loss OF worthy chief magistrate.
A private funeral va he'd a. Hsliowel
Sunday. Public services on Tuesday 80
Aaxusts. waers The remains are nov lying
n STATE.